This document provides instructions for setting up a high availability MySQL cluster using Pacemaker, Corosync, and DRBD for storage replication. It outlines the steps to create a DRBD resource, set up Corosync for cluster communication, configure Pacemaker to manage resources and failover, and add a MySQL resource protected by the cluster. The goal is to demonstrate how to build a basic two-node active-active MySQL cluster for high availability using open source clustering tools.

1. High Availability Sprint
From the brink of disaster to the Zen of Pacemaker
Florian Haas (hastexo)
Tim Serong (SUSE)
Andrew Beekhof (Red Hat)

2. HA Sprint: Get Prepared!
● Tutorial instructions at: http://goo.gl/vinL0
● Follow along -- or just watch! (up to you)

3. Visual Cues & Clues
How to follow this talk easily

4. This layout means:
Would you please treat us
to the courtesy of your kind attention?

5. This layout means:
● Here's how we do this,
● and this,
● and this.

6. Our virtual environment

7. An Overview
of the Linux HA stack

8. Application Interface MySQL RA
Cluster Resource Mgmt Pacemaker
Cluster Messaging Corosync
Storage Replication
(optional) DRBD

9. Physical Physical
Host Host
MySQL
Master
MySQL MySQL MySQL App App
Slave Slave Slave Server Server

10. Physical Physical
Host Host
MySQL
Master
MySQL MySQL MySQL App App
Slave Slave Slave Server Server

11. DRBD
http://www.hastexo.com/knowledge/drbd
http://www.drbd.org
DRBD & the DRBD logo are registered trademarks of Linbit Information Technologies

12. Creating a DRBD resource
● Name: mysql
● Device name: /dev/drbd0
● Backing disk: /dev/sdb1
● Meta data: internal
● Replication: 192.168.133.111 ↔ 112
● Filesystem: ext3

13. Corosync
http://www.hastexo.com/knowledge/corosync
http://www.corosync.org

14. Creating a Corosync Cluster
● Enable secauth
● 2 rings, RRP mode: active
● Multicast addresses: 239.255.42.0 and .1
● Network addresses: 192.168.122.0 and .
133.0
● No logging to files, syslog only
● Start Corosync
● Check connectivity
● Check membership

15. Pacemaker
http://www.hastexo.com/knowledge/pacemaker
http://www.clusterlabs.org

16. Create a Pacemaker Cluster
● Add the “pacemaker” service to
/etc/corosync.d
● Use ver: 1
● Restart corosync
● Start pacemakerd
● Verify both nodes have joined the cluster
(crm_mon)

17. STONITH/Fencing

18. Setting up the cluster
● Open the shell with crm configure
● Set no-quorum-policy to ignore
● Disable STONITH
○ Kids, don't do this at home!
● Commit the configuration

19. Pacemaker Resources

20. Started
start stop
Stopped

21. Master/Slave Sets

22. Started Started
start stop start stop
Stopped Stopped

23. Master
promote demote
Slave Slave
start stop start stop
Stopped Stopped

24. Adding a DRBD Master/Slave Set
● Create the DRBD primitive p_drbd_mysql
○ Use the ocf:linbit:drbd RA
○ Add 2 monitor operations
(role=Master, role=Slave) with non-equal
intervals
● Wrap it in a master/slave set
○ notify=true, clone-max=2, master-max=1
● Commit the configuration
● Watch the cluster promote

25. Constraints

26. Creating a Filesystem
● Add the Filesystem resource
○ Name: p_fs_mysql
○ Device: /dev/drbd0
○ Directory: /var/lib/mysql
○ File system type: ext3
● Add required order & colocation
constraints

27. Groups

28. Add a Group
● Create the g_mysql resource group
● Add p_fs_mysql and p_ip_mysql

29. Add the MySQL resource
● Run mysql_install_db
● Create an ocf:heartbeat:mysql
primitive p_mysql
● Set additional_parameters:
--bind-address 192.168.122.110
● Add resource level monitoring
● Add it to the g_mysql group
● Watch the constraints update
automagically
● Commit, Rejoice!

30. One more thing...

31. Physical Physical
Host Host
MySQL
Master
MySQL MySQL MySQL App App
Slave Slave Slave Server Server

32. Physical Physical
Host Host
MySQL
Master
MySQL MySQL MySQL App App
Slave Slave Slave Server Server

33. Physical Physical
Host Host
MySQL
Master InnoDB Recovery
Umm.. WTF? Hurry up!
MySQL MySQL MySQL App App
Slave Slave Slave Server Server
Booooring

34. Physical Physical
Host Host
MySQL
Master
MySQL MySQL MySQL App App
Slave Slave Slave Server Server

35. Further Information
http://www.clusterlabs.org
http://www.drbd.org
http://www.suse.com/products/highavailability
http://www.hastexo.com

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